Colby went in for a 6 week check up because I was still a little worried about his jaundice. He seems to still have some yellow coloring in his eyes and skin on his face. The doctor agreed that jaundice should have cleared through his system by six weeks and she decided to do a blood test. We got the results today and as I had suspected his levels are still elevated. A normal baby at six weeks has a bilirubin level of 2 and Colby's is a 7.8. The doctor thinks we should give it one more week and recheck him next Friday. If his levels are not going down we will have to treat it more aggressively with lights and formula. There are factors in breast milk that block the proteins in the level from breaking down the bilirubin.
Colby also got his 2 month vaccinations while we were there, and he ended up having an allergic reaction to the DTaP. He had some projectile vomiting, but according to the nurse it seemed a lot worse than it really was. We just watched him for dehydration and he was much better by morning.
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